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Scylla

Design
1901 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Koloman Moser was a prolific designer of everything from book covers to furniture and interiors. He was a co-founder of the Vienna Secessionist movement in the late 1890s and of the Wiener Werkstatte ('Vienna Workshops') in 1903. This design for a woven textile wall hanging is one of a series of designs for flat patterns that he published as Die Quelle ('The Source') in 1901.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Scylla (assigned by artist)
  • Die Quelle (series title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
Colour lithograph plate from the Moser issue of Die Quelle, designed by Koloman Moser, Austrian, 1901.
Physical description
Colour lithographic print on paper
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.8cm
  • Width: 29.4cm
Style
Summary
Koloman Moser was a prolific designer of everything from book covers to furniture and interiors. He was a co-founder of the Vienna Secessionist movement in the late 1890s and of the Wiener Werkstatte ('Vienna Workshops') in 1903. This design for a woven textile wall hanging is one of a series of designs for flat patterns that he published as Die Quelle ('The Source') in 1901.
Bibliographic references
  • Livingstone, Karen & Parry, Linda (eds.), International Arts and Crafts, London : V&A Publications, 2005 no. 20.13
  • Greenhalgh, Paul (Ed.), Art Nouveau: 1890-1914 . London: V&A Publications, 2000
Collection
Accession number
E.74-1978

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Record createdJanuary 2, 2004
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